1. CW TRIVIA, 3 TPE max - 1.5 TPE for participation, 0.5 TPE for each correct answer. This is completed through a Google form linked below. Make sure to spell your answers correctly or you will not get credit. Post your verification word in your CW post. (+3 total)

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2. Written, up to 4 TPE - Grab Bag: Pick up to 4 Challenge Cup related topics to write about! Each topic is worth 1 TPE. Each answer must be 50+ words. (+7 total)

a. I'm not sure many people would have seen this coming. Two teams that joined the league at the same time, both making the finals and competing against each other for their franchise-first cup. So... who do think wins it all? The first time to the Challenge Cup Seattle Argonauts, that have been dismantling higher seeded teams through their entire playoff run? Or the President's Trophy winning Atlanta Inferno that are back with a vengeance after a S64 Challenge Cup defeat?

b. You can't talk about Seattle's run without talking about the dominant performance of starting goaltender Willie Miller, who has posted a .935 SV% heading into the finals. If your Atlanta, how do you solve this brick wall? If your Seattle, what do you do to make sure your guy stays hot?

c. Atlanta's big storyline is their incredible depth. They have eleven players that have logged 10 or more points so far in the playoffs. If you're Seattle, how do you try to contain three lines of unending offensive pressure? If you're Atlanta, how do you ensure everyone is able to continue to contribute against such a stellar defense?

d. Seattle's powerplay has been on fire contributing 14 goals up to this point, which comes out to almost 30% of their goals scored (50G total) in these playoffs. Atlanta on the other hand have managed just 5 power play goals, which is only 5% of their scoring (59G total). In your opinion-- is this a good thing for Seattle, or a good thing for Atlanta? Maybe a good thing for both? Do you think a dynamic team like Seattle that can capitalize on so many of their PP chances will lead to Atlanta playing scared-- worried about what might happen if they enter the box? Do you think a relentless Atlanta team that is so flush with even strength scoring is going to be too much for Seattle to take?

a. I think it is pretty obvious that Atlanta walks away with this one. I don't think it'll be a clean sweep because Seattle put together a very solid squad who managed to put down the second best team in the league, but the distance between Chicago and Atlanta was pretty decent which only makes the distance between Seattle and Atlanta even bigger. (62 words)

b. Willie Miller is an absolute god in this league. He has put together such an esteem that the quote "we got Willied on" has become a meme in the league. I'm not sure that there is a way you can prepare for Willie and instead you just have to get lucky. Willie has shown that he can do it all. He can deal with volume, he can deal with skill. Atlanta needs to pray and hope they get a few lucky bounces to avoid getting Willied. (86 words)

c. I think Seattle is already quite prepared to deal with Atlanta's field of depth. They just came off a series against Chicago who has very strong second and third lines and they more than held their own. In fact I think it is on Atlanta to make sure their deeper lines remain on the game to win this series. Give them more opportunities so their first line can really light Seattle on fire when they're on the ice. (78 words)

d. I think this stat is scarier for Seattle than Atlanta. Seattle's big strength is Willie and what he's been able to do in these playoffs. He's fantastic one on one and I think that really negates power plays. Since Atlanta doesn't rely on that though and instead scores much more evenly based on passing and supporting each other, I think power plays are irrelevant for Atlanta and that Willie could be in trouble. (73 words)


7. Milestones, up to 3 TPE (+10 total)
Milestones are folded in with CW. So just link your Milestone claim as task 7 for up to 3 TPE towards your 16 total.
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Post your claim in the milestones thread for tpe earned per stat, and then link that post in your CW submission. This is done because the person who grades CW will be a different person than double-checks milestones.

Milestones 3 TPE

21. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, Treasure Trove (150 words min.) (+13 total)
If you had to create an incredibly valuable object based on your team, what would it be? Think “the kind of thing that Indiana Jones would be trying to get his grimy little mitts on”. Give me a description and come up with some fun team brand related traps or tricks you could use to protect it from all those people with grimy little mitts. As a graphic task, show me what this object looks like, and depict some of its security around it.

For the Chicago Syndicate there is nothing more valuable and beloved than their penguin statue made out of ice. It hails from Adelie de Pengu's home in the depths of the Arctic. No one knows how it was made or even where exactly it came from, but one day Adelie and his people happened upon a perfectly sculpted ice penguin. After joining the the team Adelie shared the secret of the statue with his team and before long, they began to have a tradition where they traveled to the statue and held a worship ceremony to give the team luck before games. So far it has worked spectacularly as a team that was expected to take a step back instead made a deep playoff run. For this reason the team has decided to protect the statue at all cost and have hired and trained an entire army of penguins to defend it. They have weaponized the penguins and have taken measures to reinforce the statue's natural defenses of snow and ice. It is basically an impregnable fortress at this point. (180 words)

22. Written / Graphic, 3 TPE, Animal Rescue (150 words min.) (+16 total)
Your player has been asked to use some of their immense pro-athlete wealth to open up an animal rescue! Lucky for you, the type of animal was not specified, so it’s your call! What kind of animal does your player want to protect and why? Is it something you find cute? Something that actually needs help? Or do you just want a herd of llamas on hand to threaten your enemies with? As a graphic task, show me your player hard at work tending to whatever animals you’ve chosen.

This one is far too easy for Adelie. He is a penguin as it is and he has been very vocal about supporting penguins as a whole. You see there are 17 to 19 penguin species depending on the scientist you ask, but whatever the final number is one thing is certain. There are 10 species currently on the endangered species list. The most vulnerable of those are Galapagos penguins, African penguins, Yellow-eyed penguins, and Erect-crested penguins. Every single one of those species are code red and are very close to being snuffed entirely from existence. As such, Adelie would most certainly invest in an animal rescue based around penguins. He already dumps tons of money into penguin protection and this would just be another chance. He would want to set up a massive reserve that would include sealing of areas of the sea where these penguins could fish freely without the threat of poachers or overfishing. He would do everything in his power to make sure those species most endanger would have a huge rebound! (176 words)